The pathway to your dreams consists of three steps:
(1) Decide what you want
Most people do not know what they really want. They desire one thing today, and another thing the next day. To achieve your dreams you must first know exactly what they are.
Then you must have a strong reason for wanting them. This strong reason will act as your driving force, especially through trying times.
Note that we're talking here about following your own dreams, not someone else's, not following the crowd, but doing what genuinely makes you happy.
(2) Determine what it takes to get what you want
Want to be a great singer? What will it take to become one?
Want to own a country home? What will it take to own one?
Want to get married? Where and how can you meet the person of your dreams? How can you become "marriageable" to him/her? What kind of person must you be, to attract the kind of person you want?
You've got to find out what it will cost you to get what you want.
Make a detailed, written, step-by-step plan, with deadlines, that will lead you to your destination.
If you don't know what it'll take, don't be discouraged. Find out, do some research.
Your dream is worth all the effort. If it makes you happy, it's worth it.
(3) Do what it takes. Pay the price!
Now you have no excuses! Your written plan is your road map.
As Nike says, "Just do it!"
Everything good has a price, including your dreams.
You must now concentrate your efforts on those things that will take you towards your dreams, not away from them.
Take a step on your road map every day.
Keep yourself motivated, with the support of friends and family, a mentor, inspirational readings, whatever will keep you pressing on.
Stay away from dream thieves. Don't give in to procrastination.
And if you fall off track, don't condemn yourself, or let anyone else, just get back on again.
True strength does not lie in never having fallen, but in getting back up, each time you fall.
Here are some thoughts on following your dreams that have kept me motivated:
"There is no scarcity of opportunity to live your dreams; there's only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen."
-Wayne Dyer
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
"Obstacles can't stop you. Problems can't stop you. Only you can stop you."
-Jeffrey Gitomer
"All our dreams come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."
-Walt Disney
"Most people who claim they couldn't reach their goals (dreams) are people who, in truth, weren't willing to do whatever it took to do it."
-Les Brown
"The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible."
-Richard M. DeVos
You can have whatever you want in life, as long as you're willing to pay the price.
Believe in yourself and your dreams.
Remember, God put them inside you.
Consider me as His messenger today, reminding you that all God's dream seeds have His spark of life in them.
All you need to do is plant the seed, and the DreamGiver will hold your hand from there.
Copyright 2005 Oma Edoja
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
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Hello fellow blogger,
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Hello fellow blogger,
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Have a great day!
Have you done anything earth shattering lately?
Read anything that really sets your mind on fire with a passion to do good?
How about doing something important for yourself?
Have you?
Do you know without a doubt where life is taking you?
Got a Plan?
Know how to get there?
Most people don't. They just go through life hoping for the best. How can you possibly reach your dreams if you don't have a real plan?
A new year is coming. It's time to start thinking about your New Years Resolution and really start planning your life don't you think. Follow through on some of those old goals you had years ago.
Even people in the goal setting business tend not to visit their "life plan" very often.
Are you one of those?
Need a little refresher and some FREE goal setting tips?
Spend a few minutes at setting goals and take away life changing information.
Happy New Year!
I was going to leave a little tip on New Years Resolutions and how to make the best of them.
Unfortunately, I would not be able to keep it brief.
Goal setting takes effort and you really have to know how to do it to do it well. Especially the follow-up.
That's why I've included a lot of FREE goal setting information on my website, to help folks like you be more successful.
In fact, you can start now, and get a head start on the new year - and the rest of your life.
Think goal setting isn't important? Spend a little time at setting goals and you'll change your mind.
Have a GREAT day!
Have you done anything earth shattering lately?
Read anything that really sets your mind on fire with a passion to do good?
How about doing something important for yourself?
Have you?
Do you know without a doubt where life is taking you?
Got a Plan?
Know how to get there?
Most people don't. They just go through life hoping for the best. How can you possibly reach your dreams if you don't have a real plan?
A new year is coming. It's time to start thinking about your New Years Resolution and really start planning your life don't you think. Follow through on some of those old goals you had years ago.
Even people in the goal setting business tend not to visit their "life plan" very often.
Are you one of those?
Need a little refresher and some FREE goal setting tips?
Spend a few minutes at stating goals and take away life changing information.
Happy New Year!
How to Make Your Dreams Come True
Of course not all dreams are pleasant and making them come true can be worse than being trapped inside a cosole horror game.
But some dreams are produced by our deeper minds and are our inner-most desires, often disguised in some strange way.
However, there is another kind of dream and that is the kind we are consciously aware of and we have them during the daylight hourse and are often just fleeting thoughts.
You know the kind. "I wish I was on a world cruise enjoying myself rather than being stuck here in the factory or behind a desk." Yes, that's also a dream because it has it is a desire that has sirfaced into our conscious minds and is something we wish for at an unconscious level.
Of course, making those kind of dreams come true is more than not virtually impossible. For example, to wish to win the lottery may never become reality in this lifetime.
However, some dreams can become reality as so many graduates of my Hypnotherapy Course have discovered.
I decided three years ago to give thousands of 'dreamers' the opportunity to fullfill their dreams and ebcome a therapist. So many people want to help other people overcome their illnesses and mental blockages to life that their only stumbling block was the cost of training. I know of hypnotherapy courses costing as much as £7,000 (more than $11,000) and training in other forms of Alternative Medicine costing as much. To become a Doctor (M.D.) can cost as much as the purchase of a house.
So, with my teeth firmly gritted together, and a determination I have no known for years, I set the goal to help at least a thousand people make their dreams come true by reducing the cost of Hypnotherapy Training so it was within the reach of almost anyone in the World.
I passed that goal having had more than 1,400 students enrol and over 800 graduate.
So in helping others make their dreams come true, I made my own dream come true and at the age of sixty-nine years of age, I am proud of that.
Why don't you take a look at what I mean at: htttp:/www.dreams2reality.co.uk
Thank you for reading this,
Robert Shields
How ya doing Oma Edoja, Hope you are having a good day. Your How to Follow Your Dreams site is most interesting. I was looking for dreams related information when I came across it. Thanks for the read. I have a site that may interest you come and visit sometime, dreams thanks again, take care.
Well Oma Edoja interesting post. I was looking for Info on dream and I came across your site and while How to Follow Your Dreams wasn't an exact match i was most interested to read what you had to say. I was looking for dream infomation, I glad I came across your site I'll visit again sometime.
How to Make Your Dreams Come True
Of course not all dreams are pleasant and making them come true can be worse than being trapped inside a cosole horror game.
But some dreams are produced by our deeper minds and are our inner-most desires, often disguised in some strange way.
However, there is another kind of dream and that is the kind we are consciously aware of and we have them during the daylight hourse and are often just fleeting thoughts.
You know the kind. "I wish I was on a world cruise enjoying myself rather than being stuck here in the factory or behind a desk." Yes, that's also a dream because it has it is a desire that has sirfaced into our conscious minds and is something we wish for at an unconscious level.
Of course, making those kind of dreams come true is more than not virtually impossible. For example, to wish to win the lottery may never become reality in this lifetime.
However, some dreams can become reality as so many graduates of my Hypnotherapy Course have discovered.
I decided three years ago to give thousands of 'dreamers' the opportunity to fullfill their dreams and ebcome a therapist. So many people want to help other people overcome their illnesses and mental blockages to life that their only stumbling block was the cost of training. I know of hypnotherapy courses costing as much as £7,000 (more than $11,000) and training in other forms of Alternative Medicine costing as much. To become a Doctor (M.D.) can cost as much as the purchase of a house.
So, with my teeth firmly gritted together, and a determination I have no known for years, I set the goal to help at least a thousand people make their dreams come true by reducing the cost of Hypnotherapy Training so it was within the reach of almost anyone in the World.
I passed that goal having had more than 1,400 students enrol and over 800 graduate.
So in helping others make their dreams come true, I made my own dream come true and at the age of sixty-nine years of age, I am proud of that.
Why don't you take a look at what I mean at: htttp:/www.dreams2reality.co.uk
Thank you for reading this,
Robert Shields
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